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I can never quite understand how 1 country can fight off the entire world. Libya, N Korea, etc.

Posted by Hotkiss (aka hotkiss7348) Feb 24 '11, 05:59

If the major world forces just band together, those place could be overtaken in a second.

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short answer: they don't. longer answer: they all have some kind of major backer anyway. - mafic Feb 24, 06:21 4
- as far as noko goes, it also helps to have a nuke or two with seoul in target range....nm - x Feb 24, 06:27 3
  - they don't even really need a nuke. they're close enough to just lob regular artillery at them. - mafic Feb 24, 06:36 2
    - perhaps. imo, though, there's not a lot of functional difference in having a nuke or having everyone think you might have a nuke...nm - x Feb 24, 06:39 1
      - true enough. I don't think they have a nuke, but I wouldn't bet a quarter million south koreans on it. -- nm - mafic Feb 24, 06:44
Becuase taking over nations isn't exactly an idea we should be confident with - Will Hunting Feb 24, 06:18
the problem is, that would bve a very bad move. there's a principle that countries have a basic right to govern themselves. -- nm - loosilu on BB Feb 24, 06:14 9
- yeah, the last thing we want to do is set a precedent for going into a country, overthrowing its government and installing someone more likeable... -- nm - znufrii Feb 24, 06:16 8
  - I dont mean this only from an American standpoint. Theoretically, if the big 5 each sent in equal amounts of force, what would be bad about that? -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 24, 06:21 6
    - Even if you could manage to get all 5 of the main powers to agree...then you'd need to have a post-war plan - Will Hunting Feb 24, 06:45
    - for pretty much every country there's a security council veto somewhere behind them. - mafic Feb 24, 06:32
    - who administers it afterward? carve it up like post WWII europe? -- nm - mafic Feb 24, 06:29
    - honestly, no one wants that. theyre fighting for freedom. -- nm - loosilu on BB Feb 24, 06:23 1
      - dont forget in North Africa there's a bad history with colonial governments. its literally the last thing they want. -- nm - loosilu on BB Feb 24, 06:26
    - you know you can't just go invading countries without cause, right? - Andie Feb 24, 06:23
  - thats sort of a case study in why it's a bad idea. -- nm - loosilu on BB Feb 24, 06:18
It wouldn't be exactly legal to, though. -- nm - mara Feb 24, 05:59 2
- Define Legal -- nm - Dubya Feb 24, 06:26 1
  - "I mean, can you drive it on the street?" -- nm - znufrii Feb 24, 06:31

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I can never quite understand how 1 country can fight off the entire world. Libya, N Korea, etc.

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